Snowball Peppermint Playdough + Free Printable Tags

Snowball Peppermint Playdough is the perfect winter-weather craft recipe to make with your kids!

We have always loved making playdough (see my original recipe here), but we especially love making seasonal-themed playdough. Pumpkin Pie Playdough is our favorite for fall!

This Snowball Peppermint Playdough is perfect for Christmas or any other winter theme.

In addition to being easy to make (using ingredients you probably already have in your kitchen), it’s also cute enough to give as a gift!

Free Printable Gift Tags

If you do decide to use this recipe for gifts, be sure to download your free printable gift tags here! I printed mine off on card stock, cut them out, and taped them to the Mason jar lid. The tags were the perfect size for the jar lids I was using.

Snowball Peppermint Playdough

If you want to mix up a large batch of playdough (for multiple kids), try the amounts in this recipe. For this post, I’m making a smaller amount (still the same recipe, just a smaller amount). This made enough to fill two small jars with playdough.

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Ingredients:

• 1 cup white flour
• 1/2 cup salt
• 1 tablespoon cream of tartar
• 1 cup water
• 1 tablespoon oil (any liquid vegetable oil will work)
• 10 drops peppermint essential oil
• silver glitter
• Mason jars or other containers (I used these)

Instructions:

1. Mix all the ingredients in a saucepan.  Cook over medium heat and stir constantly for about 3 to 5 minutes.  It will look runny and begin to form into a ball as you cook and stir it.  (Even if it looks too watery, just keep stirring and cooking it.)
2. After it forms into a ball in the center of the pot and you can no longer stir it (it will get very thick), remove the pan from the heat.
3. Remove the dough from the pan and knead in the peppermint essential oil and the glitter.
4. Cool and store in an airtight container.
5. If you’re giving these as a gift, print off the free gift tags and attach to the jars, and add some snowflake cookie cutters!

Printable Recipe

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Snowball Peppermint Playdough

Author: Joy Kincaid

Ingredients

• 1 cup white flour
• 1/2 cup salt
• 1 tablespoon cream of tartar
• 1 cup water
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 10 drops peppermint essential oil
• glitter

Instructions

1. Mix all the ingredients in a saucepan.  Cook over medium heat and stir constantly for about 3 to 5 minutes.  It will look runny and begin to form into a ball as you cook and stir it.  (Even if it looks too watery, just keep stirring and cooking it.)

2. After it forms into a ball in the center of the pot and you can no longer stir it (it will get very thick), remove the pan from the heat. (Don't cook it too long, or it will be dry.)

3. Remove the dough from the pan and knead in the peppermint essential oil and the glitter.  

4. Cool and store in an airtight container.  

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